Friday, July 25, 2014

Ukraine's Secret Weapon: Feisty Oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky

http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/ukraines-secret-weapon-feisty-oligarch-ihor-kolomoisky-1403886665-lMyQjAxMTA0MDIwODEyNDgyWj

New Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Takes on Pro-Russia Separatists, but Critics Worry About Growing Power of Oligarchs 

 

 

June 27, 2014 12:31 p.m. ET
Ihor Kolomoisky, a billionaire banking tycoon recently appointed governor of Dnipropetrovsk region in eastern Ukraine, has vowed to defend the country. Reuters
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine—Leaning over a map of eastern Ukraine on his desk, Gennady Korban gripped a ballpoint pen and drew a squiggling blue line down its center.
The border, he said, marked the battlefront in his country's war with pro-Russia separatists. One side was stable, rid of "troublemakers," he said. On the other are "maniacs," he said. "Men without families, who don't want families, they just like war." If they cross over the line, he said, "we'll just have to kill them."

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